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Poetry interprets in two ways: by expressing with magical felicity the physiognomy and movements of the outer world; and by expressing with inward conviction the ideas and laws of the inward.
Poetry interprets in two ways: by expressing with magical felicity the physiognomy and movements of the outer world; and by expressing with inward conviction the ideas and laws of the inward.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Matthew Arnold
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Matthew Arnold. · page_350
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